hi matthew...
I usually do:
:1,$s/foo/bar/g - replace foo in the whole file..
for your stuff...I'd try:
:1,$s/\^/\\1/g
- 1,$ do it on the whole file..
- g do it multiple times in the line
- need to escape your leading ^ since you are not looking for the
first few characters ( column 1 ) of the line
- need to escape \ in \1 if it didn't work before
my 30 second answer w/ explanation
have fun
alvin
> I have a problem using search and replace in a text editor. I have a
> txt file that has several ^ characters and I'm trying to replace all ^
> characters with \1 .
>
> I've tried using emacs keys ; escape x replace-string, but no luck.
> I've even tried vi command :%s/^/\1/g. but no luck there either. I
> think with this command :%s/^/\1/g the \1 messes up the command.
>
> If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated thanks
>
> Matt
>
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